Leprosy in India: Eliminated or Not?

by Roger Posted 2011/03/25 22:16:58

Related Topics: leprosy, India

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	Eliminated	2 votes	12%
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In 2005, India announced that leprosy has been officially eliminated from the country.

However, new reports show that there are still about 130,000 cases of leprosy each year.

Was India lying? Well, not exactly. Apparently, countries can announce 'elimination' of a certain disease when there are fewer than one case for every 10,000 people.

I think it's great that leprosy has gone down in India but 130,000 cases per year is still a lot.

Would you consider leprosy in India eliminated or not?

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Elephant Lord 2011/11/06 16:58:26

Not Eliminated

But its good progress. A disease can't be fully eliminated unless it is extinct, such as small pox. And there are still very rare cases of small pox.

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joe mauro 2011/04/13 00:55:07

Not Eliminated

Its practically eliminatedw hen you consider the size of indias popukation

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Jaiheena Star 2011/03/30 22:40:40

Not Eliminated

Lier Lier pant on fire

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birdman 2011/03/26 00:05:03

Not Eliminated

Perhaps their information gathering has gotten better. It is such a large and diverse nation, still emerging into full modernity

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Dillio 2011/03/25 23:16:45

Undecided

You never know.

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observer 2011/03/25 22:54:21

Not Eliminated

"Apparently, countries can announce 'elimination' of a certain disease when there are fewer than one case for every 10,000 people."

This statement sounds strange. What is the source of information about this?
If there is even one case of any infectious disease, the word "eliminated" is not appropriate.

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holdenferall 2011/03/25 22:38:04

Undecided

That's up to India. India is a huge emerging economy. They should be able to afford it.

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Pamela 2011/03/25 22:19:37

Not Eliminated

we recently studied about this condition in class. so horrible.

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Roger 2011/03/25 22:18:44

Not Eliminated

eliminated means gone, right?

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